Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Remove politely,
as a hat
5 Muscle cramp 10 Hang onto 14 Assert as true 15 One with dreads 16 Out of the wind 17 Topper for a
toreador
19 On cloud __
20 Fill with joy 21 Feature that results in extra legroom on a plane
23 On __: sans
contract
26 Bro’s sib
27 Indy 500 letters 30 How sale items
are priced 36 Brewed beverage 37 Pseudonymous punk rock surname
38 “This isn’t looking
good”
39 Turn back to zero 41 Picnic pest 42 Step between
landings
43 “__ girl!”
44 Stir up
46 Press into service 47 “I’m so
disappointed!” 49 Corrosive
solution
50 PBS “Science
Kid”
51 Crossed (out) 53 Previews that sound like they belong after the film 58 Eye-popping
colors
62 Little Boy Blue’s
instrument 63 System administrator’s task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30and 47-Across 66 “In memoriam”
piece
67 Speak from a
platform
68 River of Pisa 69 Change the
decor of
70 Gall 71 Like the 10th frame in bowling
DOWN
1 Title for Maggie
Smith 2 Speed-skating
rink shape 3 Greek cheese 4 Houses with
Greek letters 5 Full house letters 6 It may be two on
a minigolf hole 7 US Open stadium namesake 8 Pringles rival 9 French painter
Henri 10 Distributes 11 Hodgepodge 12 Carson’s
successor 13 Bambi and Ena 18 Leave 22 Idiosyncratic
twitch
24 Greek vowel 25 Sporty Chevy 27 Proverbial camel’s backbreaker 28 Canines, e.g. 29 Ziti or rigatoni 31 Brief beginningof-class activity 32 On key
33 DIY mover 34 Loud
35 Stooge count 40 Erodes, as
savings
42 Sister of Venus 44 Enlarged the
house
45 Census checkbox 48 Feel sick 52 Window sticker 53 Thunder god 54 Courtroom garb 55 Desertlike 56 Uncommon 57 Betelgeuse is one 59 Gumbo ingredient 60 Sisters
61 Lady Macbeth’s “damned” tormenter 64 Off-road transp. 65 Spelling contest